Michael Collins

He's a filmmaker, of course, and he's a writer.

It's Neil Jordan, from landmark films like The Crying Game and Michael Collins and Interview with a Vampire and beyond, to a distinguished career as a novelist, including his new science fiction offering called The Library of Traumatic Memory, more of which, Anon, he's built one of the most distinctive careers in Irish cultural life.

Neil, it's lovely to see you.

Thanks for being here today.

Oh, yeah, totally.

Because I couldn't move the entire family over there, you know, not having a separated parental existence, you know.

And when did you decide to make, say, for example, Michael Collins? Okay, well, after I wrote Angel, David Putnam

asked me, did I want to write a movie about Michael Collins? He had a deal with Warner Brothers, yeah.

All right, guys.

Next, we have Michael Collins.

Michael Collins made about $28 million in its original theatrical run.

It was a drama.

It's about Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, a man who led a guerrilla war against the U.K., helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.

Directed by Neil Jordan, writer Neil Jordan, stars Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, and Alan Rickman.

Kyle, give us some trivia on Michael Collins.

Michael Collins adopted

It's the one he does just before it.

And then after that, he does Michael Collins...

That's the Clooney movie, isn't it? Liam Neeson.

Oh, I'm thinking of Michael Clayton.

You're absolutely right.

Michael Collins, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK... uh help negotiate the creation of the irish free state okay i mean is neil jordan irish yes that makes sense because he's interested he's interested isn't he he's interested what else we got we got that we got the end of the affair yeah from 1999 you know that one with uh i do uh oh ray fines julianne moore i've never

seen this one I should see this film.

Really good.

It plays at the at the Chicago International Film Festival and it'll get a release in a few months to closing night festivities.

The big closing night film is Behemoth, the new movie from writer director Tony Gilroy, who made Michael Collins and a bunch of other movies.

And it stars Pedro Pascal as a gifted cellist who returns returns to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road.

And he's now retired.

Yeah, that would be terrific.

Schindler's List, Kinsey in the name of his, Michael Collins, and then Silence.

Because they own Silence.

They could use

of Wolves.

Michael Collins, The Butcher Boy, End of the Affair, Breakfast on Pluto, Greta.

Yeah, all of these are just... all of these movies yeah just who cares kind of kind of movies but anything else you want to say on on the interview with the vampire should we get into the stars should we talk about the performances more i guess we should talk into the stars yeah let's go i

am a star i'm a star i'm a star i'm a star i am a big bright shining star